With the tenth anniversary of the UK’s biggest rock & metal gathering of the year, otherwise known as the Download Festival barely two weeks away from kicking off, Rocksins is taking a a three part look at some of the bands who’ll be gracing the various stages this year and offering up our picks of…
Like a lot of people who fans of both Opeth and Porcupine Tree, Rock Sins is rather excited about the Storm Corrosion project between Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt. Admittedly we’re a bit late to the party on this one but our excitement levels are considerably higher after seeing this jaw dropping animated video for…
GIG OF THE YEAR earthtone9 I struggled at first to recall many of the gigs I went to last year… which, owing to my lifestyle and constant head-nudging is surprising and unsurprising in equal measure. I consulted the every reliable calendar and it reminded me that, really, I’d been to far less than usual. Seems…
Well they certainly kept that one quiet! Download have done it again and sneaked out another rather stonking lineup announcement. Coming onboard to play at Donington Park at Download’s tenth anniversary this time are none other than Killswitch Engage, recently reunited with original singer Jesse Leach in what promises to be one of the most…
Opeth… quite simply one of the best bands around, and one of my favourites. What follows is a review of their latest album, the opinion dividing ‘Heritage’. Now, firstly it should be noted that Opeth are not a band of convention; they have always said that they are not afraid to experiment and diverse themselves…
Prog metal virtuoso’s Opeth have released the video for the first single off their new album Heritage (released last month on Roadrunner Records), The Devil’s Orchard. Check out the quite frankly awesome video below: [youtube id=”fIii-iEQw50″ width=”600″ height=”350″] For the latest rock and metal videos please keep checking back with Rocksins often!
Rock Sins’ would just like to send congratulations to the Opeth guys for hitting number 22 on the UK album charts with their new album Heritage, an impressive achievement for a metal band. Opeth follow >Roadrunner Records labelmates Trivium and Dream Theater in charting in and around the UK top twenty in the last two…
“We are bringing death metal into the fine halls of culture” announced Mikael Akerfeldt at one point during the second half of tonight’s performance. He was not wrong. Looking around the almost sold out Royal Albert Hall in the middle of a ten minute long Death Metal epic was a very surreal experience. I’m sure…